ORLANDO: GUARDS: JAMEER NELSON will be trade bait all year, as the Magic have no interest in picking up his option after the season . . . ARRON AFFLALO is also on the trade block, and has more on-the-court value than Nelson . . . The Magic will find starter's minutes for rookie VICTOR OLADIPO somehow, at the expense of Afflalo, Nelson (if Oladipo proves capable of handling the point later this year) or both. He's the future in this backcourt . . . E'TWAUN MOORE is back mostly because he's a cheap option at back-up point guard. He's still a fringe NBA player . . . RONNIE PRICE is lucky to have a roster spot anywhere after a brutal year in Portland . . . Second-year man DORON LAMB will have a chance to prove himself as a second-unit scorer. FORWARDS: MAURICE HARKLESS has nice upside, and Orlando will find him more opportunities on offense. He reportedly added weight in an effort to be able to attack the rim more effectively . . . TOBIAS HARRIS is a disaster defensively, but after arriving in Orlando he showed the kind of versatile offensive skill set this team lacks. Expect him to win the starting job at the four . . . GLEN DAVIS will battle Harris for minutes, but as A 27-year-old, injury-prone player, he's more likely to be phased out by the rebuilding Magic . . . JASON MAXIELL will provide some physicality at the four and five . . . ANDREW NICHOLSON is still a work-in-progress, but is showing flashes of becoming an effective stretch four. CENTERS: NIKOLA VUCEVIC is a cornerstone in the Magic's rebuilding project. He's not terribly skilled or athletic, but he's a high-energy rebounder who has the touch to get plenty of baskets cleaning up garbage . . . KYLE O'QUINN had some nice moments in meaningless games late last year. The second-year pro might be able to hang on for a few more seasons as a back-up center.

DETROIT: GUARDS: BRANDON JENNINGS got a three-year deal to prove himself as a capable point guard, not just a flashy scorer. He'll have plenty of talent surrounding him in Detroit . . . RODNEY STUCKEY is in a contract year and has plenty of motivation. The question is whether his decision-making will ever allow him to play full-time . . . CHAUNCEY BILLUPS could beat out Stuckey for the two-guard role. He can play both backcourt spots and should see plenty of minutes . . . KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE scored through a lot of double-teams in college. We'll see if the late-bloomer is able to be as effective against NBA athletes. With the depth in Detroit, he's looking at strictly second-unit minutes this year . . . WILL BYNUM is locked into a second-unit spot. FORWARDS: JOSH SMITH is Detroit's new alpha dog. Offensively, he's a boom-or-bust player now that he'll spend more time on the perimeter . . . KYLE SINGLER was a steadying presence last year, and with his ability to play multiple spots, he should continue to get solid minutes off the bench . . . Italian League MVP LUIGI DATOME gives them a Swiss army knife type off the bench . . . It's back to square one for JONAS JEREBKO, who fell out of favor under Lawrence Frank. He has the kind of positional flexibility and versatility GM Joe Dumars has talked up, but he'll have to earn second-unit minutes . . . Second-rounder TONY MITCHELL is an NBA athlete who can break this rotation if the effort is there . . . CHARLIE VILLANUEVA gets paid a lot of money to do very little. CENTERS: GREG MONROE will give up some touches with Josh Smith coming in, but being surrounded by athletes like Smith and Andre Drummond will cover up his defensive flaws . . . ANDRE DRUMMOND will log close to full-time minutes with Monroe playing primarily the four. His offensive game may never come, but he's a defensive and rebounding monster. JOSH HARRELLSON will be a fan favorite who plays hard in the rare occasions he sees the floor.

The last time the Orlando Magic faced the Detroit Pistons, emerging centers Nikola Vucevic and Andre Drummond matched up.

The Magic are currently struggling without Vucevic while Drummond turned in a poor effort his last time out heading into Tuesday night's rematch in Detroit.

Orlando (12-33) won 109-92 over Detroit on Dec. 27, behind Vucevic's 20 points and 11 rebounds. Drummond had 10 and 11 two games before he began a run of 10 double-doubles in 11 games.

The Magic have now dropped nine of 11, with Vucevic out while recovering from a Jan. 6 concussion.

"(It's) extremely tough," coach Jacque Vaughn said. "Everyone has to be involved and help us out while we don't have Nik."

Drummond averaged 12.7 points and 14.3 rebounds in his sizzling 11-game stretch before his run of seven straight double-doubles ended as he finished with four points and six rebounds in Detroit's fourth straight loss, 116-106 at Dallas on Sunday.

The second-year big man had 21 points and 20 boards two nights earlier against New Orleans.

"He just had a bad game," coach Maurice Cheeks said. "The guy is 20 years old and we're not going to expect him to be like a machine every night and go grab 18 or 19 rebounds. He's 20 years old and he just didn't have a good game."

The absence of Vucevic was evident Sunday in Orlando's eighth straight road loss, 100-92 to the Pelicans. The Magic were outrebounded 48-32.

Orlando is using the undersized 6-foot-9 Glen Davis at center, and he has failed to reach double figures in points in three straight contests. Davis has totaled 24 points on 36.7 percent shooting in that span.

"We're asking Glen to do a lot of things and he's doing a great job for us but we have to help him," point guard Jameer Nelson said. "We have to help him on the board, help him against those guys."

Arron Afflalo scored 25 points but he had six of Orlando's 17 turnovers that led to 30 points for New Orleans.

"We have to value the ball more in terms of when we get the ball when we get stops and also getting good shots when we're on offense," Nelson said.

The Magic shot 52.9 percent in last month's meeting and will look for a similar effort Tuesday since Detroit (17-27) is allowing opponents to shoot 47.1 percent - the Eastern Conference's worst mark.

That figure is up to 53.1 percent in this losing streak, with the Mavericks shooting 58.1.

"We can get a lot better guarding the ball and that's one thing we have to do because it puts so much pressure on our big guys," Cheeks said.

Brandon Jennings is averaging 28.0 points over his last three games. He is among the NBA leaders with an average of 7.3 minutes of possession.

The fact that Jennings has the ball in his hands a lot, however, is part of the reason why 52.9 percent of Detroit's baskets come off assists for one of the NBA's lowest marks.

The Pistons also remain the NBA's worst 3-point shooting team at 30.7 percent.